2021
Month: April 2021
2021
Club provides a full-on week of footy for junior players
The Cobar Roosters Junior Rugby League Club held a full week of free footy clinics last week during the school holidays. The clinics were a result of much hard work by the committee over the past eight months, driven by a desire to support as many players as possible to […]
2021
New netball competition off to a flying start
Warm weather and a slight breeze greeted the netball players at Ward Oval on Satur-day afternoon for the opening round of the 2021 Cobar Senior Netball competition. In A Grade, the Divas 2021 season got off to a shaky start when they only had five players available at the commencement […]
2021
Roosterettes outmatched by a better Baradine outfit
The Cobar Roosterettes were soundly beaten by Baradine at Baradine on Saturday in Round 2 of the Castlereagh League Tag competition. Missing a number of key players, including their captain/coach Bianka Jacobson, the Roosterettes were also without the services of co-coach Jay Egan for Saturday’s game. Led by their playmaker […]
2021
Men’s Shed is a safer place
Peak Gold Mines have helped to make the Copper City Men’s Shed a much safer place with a recent donation of $1,800 which has gone towards the purchase of new PPE (personal protection equipment) for the Shed’s members. The donation has helped to purchase new earmuffs, dust masks, gloves, safety […]
2021
Author visits Cobar Library
Published author Kim Hodges (pictured above second from right) was in Cobar this week talking about how she came to write her three books. In addition to speaking to members of the Rotary Club of Cobar and students at Cobar High School, Kim also held a free Memoir Writing Workshop […]
2021
Mt Grenfell plaque acknowledges Ngiyampaa culture
A commemorative plaque was laid at the Mount Grenfell Historic Site on Saturday to acknowledge the Ngiyampaa cultural herit-age values and significance of the area. A parcel of 15,000 hectares around Mount Grenfell was formally handed back to the Ngiyampaa people during a visit to the site in December 2020 […]
2021
Best rigs in Australia at 2021 Cliffhanger
The 2021 Cliffhanger 4WD event was held at Mt Gap Station north of Cobar last week with the best rigs from all over Australia competing in three classes. Famous for its long, hard stages, the off road event challenges teams in winching up rocks, navigational tasks, speedy dry creek runs […]
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